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Byzantine History
AUBG Library Resources
Gergana Georgieva
Information Literacy Librarian
2010
Levels of instruction
1. The subject matter – facts, people,
places, events, dates;
2. Interpretation;
3. Research and analytical skills students
must learn to find information and create
their interpretations
Rationale
• Interdisciplinary nature of the discipline
• There is no single yes-or-no answer in
history
• You should know the context to be able to
make a sound judgment
Primary sources
• Created at the time of the event, especially
by those taking part in the events:
• Diaries, letters, newspapers, magazine
articles, tape recordings, pictures, maps,
government documents, court records,
business records, church records
Secondary sources
• Created after the event – usually by
scholars
• Books, book reviews, scholarly journal
articles
• Put facts into context, citations of primary
sources
The 7 Steps of Research
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Identify and develop your topic
Find background information
Use the online catalog to find books
Find periodicals articles (print and electronic)
Find Internet resources
Evaluate what you have found
Cite what you find using a standard format for
your bibliography
Identify and develop your topic
• State your topic as a question.
• Find keywords that describe your topic
• Test the keywords
Background information
• Common background sources
• Why background sources?
• How to use background sources
effectively?
• Bibliographies
Background information - print
• Historical dictionary of Byzantium / John
H. Rosser Ref DF552 .R67 2001
• The Oxford dictionary of Byzantium /
Alexander P. Kazhdan, editor in chief Ref
DF521 .O93 1991
Background information electronic
• Oxford Reference Online
Dynasties of the world
Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
A Dictionary of World History
The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical
Literature
Who's Who in the Classical World
Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
Books
Why do we consult books?
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Authorship
Analysis
Multiple viewpoints
Additional resources
“A historical monograph is the culmination of years spent
reading, researching in the field, plowing through musty
tomes, and pouring over dusty, fragile manuscripts.”
Joel. D. Kitchens
Books - print
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On-line catalog
Byzantine Empire History
Byzantine Empire History, 1057-1453
Byzantine Empire -- History -- 1081-1453.
Byzantine Empire -- History -- 527-1081.
Byzantine Empire -- History -- Basil II Bulgaroctonus, 976-1025.
Byzantine Empire -- History -- Constantine XI Dragases, 1448-1453.
Byzantine Empire -- History -- Dictionaries.
Byzantine Empire -- History -- Justinian I, 527-565
Byzantine Empire -- History -- Justinian I, 527-565
Byzantine Empire -- History -- Justinian I, 527-565 -- Historiography.
Books - electronic
• Ebrary
• Byzantine Empresses : Women and
Power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204
• Perfect Servant : Eunuchs and the Social
Construction of Gender in Byzantium
• Perfect Servant : Eunuchs and the Social
Construction of Gender in Byzantium
• Warfare, State and Society in the
Byzantine World
Find periodicals articles electronic
Electronic Journals Portal
Byzantinoslavica (0007-7712)
from
2008 to 2008 in Central and Eastern
European Online Library
Greek, Roman and Byzantine
studies (0017-3916)
from
01/04/1995 to 01/12/2005 in ProQuest
Central
Databases
CEEOL
DOAJ
EBSCO
JSTOR
ProQuest Central
Find Internet resources
• Search engines
• Directories
• http://www.google.com/Top/Society/Histor
y/By_Time_Period/Middle_Ages/Byzantine
_Empire/
• Byzantine Empire < History < Europe in
the Yahoo! Directory
• Discipline Specific Resources
Searching: How to be Effective?
• Narrow your search
– Be more specific
– Use phrases
– Add a discriminating or qualifying word or
phrase
• Broaden your search
– Use lower case
– Use truncation
Evaluate
• S – Scope – are all aspects of the topic covered
• T – Treatment – is the information free from bias
• A – Authority – are the authors qualified to
provide this information
• R – Relevance – does it address your topic
• T – Timeliness – Is the information current for
your purpose
Cite
• Most common styles of citing
– Modern Language Association (MLA)
– American Psychological Association (APA)
Step 1
• Long Term Effects of the Great Plague in
Constantinople 541-543
Keywords
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Great Plague
Constantinople
5th c.
Effects
Justinian I
Procopius
Evagrius
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Bubonic plague
Buboes
Plague of Justinian
Black Death
Step 2
• Reference Sources
– The Oxford dictionary of Byzantium
Ref DF521 .O93 1991
- Historical dictionary of Byzantium
Ref DF552 .R67 2001
Step 2-continued
• Oxford Reference Online
Dynasties of the world
Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
A Dictionary of World History
The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical
Literature
Who's Who in the Classical World
Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
Step 3
• On-line catalog
• Subject headings
– Byzantine Empire -- History -- Justinian I, 527-565
– Byzantine Empire -- History -- Justinian I, 527-565
– Byzantine Empire -- History -- Justinian I, 527-565 -Historiography.
– Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565.
– Justinianus I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565 -- Fiction
Step 3 - continued
• Ebrary
• Byzantine Empresses : Women and
Power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204
• Warfare, State and Society in the
Byzantine World
Step 4
• Print Periodicals
• Electronic Periodicals
– Electronic Journals Portal
• Greek, Roman and Byzantine studies (00173916)
from 01/04/1995 to 01/12/2005 in
ProQuest Central
• Greece and Rome (0017-3835)
from 1931 to
2003 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences II Collection
from 01/10/2001 to 1 year ago in ProQuest Central
Step 4 - Databases
ProQuest Central
Procopius' Secret History: Rethinking the Date
Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire and the Birth of
Europe
We're just a flea bite away from catastrophe
ourselves; A history of Byzantium and the plague
that brought it down echoes in our fretful times;
Step 4 - Databases
• CEEOL
Procopius of Caesareea and his Secret
History
Step 4 - Databases
• JSTOR
– Justinian and the Historian Procopius
– The Barbarians in Justinian's Armies
– Procopius and the Imperial Panels of S.
Vitale
– That Earlier Plague
– The End of an Epoch
Step 5
• Discipline Specific Resources
– http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medweb/
– http://www.doaks.org/
– http://home.vicnet.net.au/~byzaus/
– http://www.byzantium.ac.uk/index.htm
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